Thursday, August 20, 2015

8/20/15 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 16990.69 down 358.04 or 2.06%

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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,304 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a  recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization  and a summary of recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at  16990.69 down 358.04 or 2.06% from Wednesday's close of 17348.73. Of the 30   Dow components  none  gained  and all 30 declined.    The  biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Disney down $6.43 or 6.04%.

As of the open of  the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Thursday's  Wall St. Journal is 0.14967727343149.  Thursday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.60 down  from yesterday's   trailing P/E ratio of  16.76 (last year it was 16.03).  Today's P/E estimate is 15.73 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 15.73 (year ago it was 14.77) and  today's dividend yield is  2.46 up  from yesterday's dividend yield of  2.42 (last year it was 2.20). The Dow's all-time high was 18312.39 on May 19,  2015. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's closing Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2543.12 down 53.59 from Wednesday's closing average numerator of 2596.71.   This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.14967727343149) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $5.08  change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.77 down $1.21 cents  from  Wednesday's closing average of $86.56.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $77.59 (CAT/AXP) down 35 cents  from  Wednesday's median closing price of $79.18 (CAT/AXP).  The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was Apple.

If  Thursday   morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost  $5,359  ($259,671-$254,312).

8/20/15 Thurs. 4:15 pm MarketWatch by  Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks saw a broad-based rout Thursday, led by a selloff in consumer discretionary, technology and energy stocks as investors wrestled with worries about a slowdown in global growth. The main indexes posted their biggest declines this year. The S&P 500 SPX, -2.11% lost 43.88 points, or 2.1%, to 2,035.73, falling below a 200-day moving average, a key technical level. The benchmark index also turned negative for the year, ending 1.1% below its close at the end of 2014. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.06% dropped 358.04 points, or 2.1%, to 16,990.69, its steepest percentage decline since Feb 3, 2014. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -2.82% ended the day down 141.56 points, or 2.8%, to 4,877.49, its steepest one-day decline since April 10, 2014.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AXP▼ NYSE
AAPL▼ NASDAQ-GS
BA▼ NYSE
CAT▼ NYSE
CVX▼ NYSE
CSCO▼ NASDAQ-GS
KO▼ NYSE
DIS▼ NYSE
DD▼ NYSE
XOM▼ NYSE
GE▼ NYSE
GS▼ NYSE
HD▼ NYSE
INTC▼ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▼ NYSE
JPM▼ NYSE
JNJ▼ NYSE
MD▼ NYSE
MRK▼ NYSE
MSFT▼ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▼ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▼ NYSE
MMM▼ NYSE
TRV▼ NYSE
UTX▼ NYSE
UNH▼ NYSE
VZ▼ DualListed
V▼ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Thurs. morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Thursday's  Wall Street Journal,   Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today &  Atlanta Journal & Constitution  & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Ga.) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Wednesday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at  17348.73 down 162.61 or 0.93% from Tuesday's close of 17511.34.70%. For the year the Dow is down2.66 %. Of the 30   Dow components  2  gained, Merck was unchanged  and 27 declined.  The  biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's up 34 cents or 0.34%.  The  biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Chevron down $2.53 or 3.03%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks hit by drop in crude" by Saumya Vaishampayan says a drop in oil caused the sale of shares of energy firms.  Chevron & Exxon led the Dow down.

FT p19 "Wall Street" says the wider US market followed its Asian & European counterparts lower.  Energy firms led the decline was Chevron was down 3.2% & Exxon fell 2.4%.

IBD pB3 "Nasdaq, S&P 500 add to distribution day count" by Vincent Mao says Wed's action was stocks down in surging trade while the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.

NYT pB2 "Fed's concern and oil's fall hit shares" & AJC pA13 "Mixed signals lower stocks" by AP says stocks posted losses Wed due to mixed signals from the Fed over a possible interest rate hike in Sept.  Energy stocks fell as oil fell.  China's economy could slowdown.

Wednesday's closing Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2596.71 down 26.66 from Tuesday's closing average numerator of 2621.05.   This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.14967727343149) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $5.08  change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $86.56 down $1.81 cents  from Tuesday's closing average of $87.37.  The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.18 (CAT/AXP) down 35 cents  from  Tuesday's median closing price of $79.53 (CAT/AXP).  The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was Apple.

If  Wednesday   morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost  $2,666  ($262,105-259,671).

8/19/15 Wed. 5:11 pm MarketWatch by  Mark DeCambre & Victor Reklaitis says
U.S. stocks ended Wednesday’s session lower, as losses in the energy sector overshadowed the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee. Shares of energy companies dropped sharply after oil futures plunged to a 6½-year low.The benchmark S&P 500 SPX, -0.83%  closed 17.31 points, or 0.8%, lower at 2,079.61, with eight of its 10 main sectors finishing with losses. The benchmark index briefly fell below its 200-day moving average, a key technical level, which many analysts see as a bearish sign.The energy sector was hit hardest, falling 2.8% after oil prices plunged to new lows following an increase in crude supplies.Meanwhile, minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July meeting indicated that conditions for raising rates for the first time in nearly a decade were “approaching.”Shortly after the release of minutes the main indexes nearly erased earlier losses, but slumped again toward the end of the session. The minutes from the meeting of the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, suggested that a September rate increase may be on the table, while noting that a minority of the policy makers recommended caution as global markets face headwinds from a slowdown in China, which has pummeled commodity prices.
The Fed minutes came out ahead of schedule after a 2 p.m. Eastern embargo set by the Fed was broken.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.93% dropped 162.61 points, or 0.9%, to 17,348.73, dragged lower by a fall in shares of energy giant Chevron Corp. CVX, -3.03% which fell 3% and hit a 52-week intraday low.The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.80%  shaved off 40.30 points, or 0.8%, to end at 5,019.05, while its heaviest-weighted component Apple Inc. fell 1.3%.
The initial market reaction to the FOMC minutes suggested that investors interpreted the minutes as dovish, with the odds of a September rate hike a little lower, according to analysts.“Markets interpreted the minutes as more dovish than not, with the odds of a rate hike in September reduced slightly,” said Brian Fenske, head of sales trading at ITG.

Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

American Express:  AJC pA12 "Prepaid debit card will feature cash back" says on Wed, AmEx will release a new Serve card that will give back 1% on all purchases.

Apple:  IBD pA2 "Apple Music users not saying" says people are not resigning up for Apple's $9.99 streaming music service.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron: WSJ pC4 "Stocks hit by drop in crude" by Saumya Vaishampayan says a drop in oil caused the sale of shares of energy firms.  Chevron & Exxon led the Dow down.

FT p19 "Wall Street" says the wider US market followed its Asian & European counterparts lower.  Energy firms led the decline was Chevron was down 3.2% & Exxon fell 2.4%.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  WSJ pB6 "Coke taps into the fresh juice trend" by Mike Esterl says Coke is acquiring a minority stake in Suja Life LLC.  Suja uses non-GMO ingredients and uses high pressure instead of heat pasteurization to kill bacteria.  Coke will pay $90 mil for a 30% stake while Goldman Sachs will pay $60 mil for a 20% stake.

WSJ pA11 "Coca-Cola: we'll do better" by Muhtar Kent is an article by Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coke, saying he is "disappointed" that some Coke programs to fund scientific research have "served only to create more confusion and mistrust."  He knows his "company can do a better job engaging both the public-health and scientific communities - and we will."  He says that as "we continue to learn, it is my hope that our critics will receive us with an open mind."  and "The one thing we all have in common - we care."

Disney:  WSJ pC8 "Overheard" says Disney is exposed if subscriber of cable tv numbers decline.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon: WSJ pC4 "Stocks hit by drop in crude" by Saumya Vaishampayan says a drop in oil caused the sale of shares of energy firms.  Chevron & Exxon led the Dow down.

FT p19 "Wall Street" says the wider US market followed its Asian & European counterparts lower.  Energy firms led the decline was Chevron was down 3.2% & Exxon fell 2.4%.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC8 "Rewriting the book on bank value" by John Carney says discusses how Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan deal with the issue of assessing performance of return on equity versus a theoretical cost of capital.

WSJ pB6 "Coke taps into the fresh juice trend" by Mike Esterl says Coke is acquiring a minority stake in Suja Life LLC.  Suja uses non-GMO ingredients and uses high pressure instead of heat pasteurization to kill bacteria.  Coke will pay $90 mil for a 30% stake while Goldman Sachs will pay $60 mil for a 20% stake.

Home Depot:  WSJ pB4 "Lowe's Home repoair chian sees slow growth" by Chelsey Dulaney says Home Depot benefits in a weak retail environment when people fix up houses.

IBD pB6 "Lowe's, target report growing Q2 sales" by staff says HOme Depots same store sales for 2Q were up 5.7% vs. Lowe's' 4.3.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:   WSJ pC8 "Rewriting the book on bank value" by John Carney says discusses how Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan deal with the issue of assessing performance of return on equity versus a theoretical cost of capital.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  NYT pB1 "Union takes a McDonald's challenge overseas" by Noam scheiber says unions are taking their effort to raise wages from the US to overseas.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AXP▼ NYSE
AAPL▼ NASDAQ-GS
BA▼ NYSE
CAT▼ NYSE
CVX▼ NYSE
CSCO▼ NASDAQ-GS
KO▼ NYSE
DIS▼ NYSE
DD▼ NYSE
XOM▼ NYSE
GE▼ NYSE
GS▼ NYSE
HD▼ NYSE
INTC▼ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▼ NYSE
JPM▼ NYSE
JNJ▼ NYSE
MCD▲ NYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFT▼ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▲ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▼ NYSE
MMM▼ NYSE
TRV▼ NYSE
UTX▼ NYSE
UNH▼ NYSE
VZ▼ DualListed
V▼ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE
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  Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

Apple: Tim Cook (Cupertino, CA)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Boeing BA Dennis A. Muilenburg (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO Charles H.  "Chuck"  Robbins

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)

Home Depot HD Craig Menear (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Brian M. Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

McDonald's MCD Steve Easterbrook (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Kenilworth, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)

Nike NKE Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG A. G. Lafley (Cincinnati, OH) (//David S. Taylor replaces 11/1)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY) (Alan D. Schnitzer replaces Fishman 12/1).

UnitedHealth UNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (San Francisco, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 8/4/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Apple AAPL $653.76
2. Microsoft MSFT 381.6
3. Exxon Mobil XOM 322.66
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 276.75
5. GE 260.97
6. JPMorgan Chase JPM 254.03
7. Wal-Mart WMT 232.68
8. Pfizer PFE 222.35
9. Disney DIS 206.48
10.  Procter & Gamble PG 205.94   
11.  Verizon VZ 189.76
12. Visa V 183.12
13. Coke KO 182.41
14. Merck MRK 165.84
15. Chevron CVX 160.24
16. IBM 155.55
17.  Home Depot HD 152.67    
18. Cisco CSCO 142.56
19.  Intel INTC 138.19
20. UnitedHealth UNH 115.05
21.Nike NKE 99.02
22. Boeing BA 97.53  
23. McDonald' s MCD 95.03               
24. 3M MMM 93.96 
25. Goldman Sachs GS 92.6
26. United Technologies UTX 88.2
27. American Express AXP 75.87
28. DuPont DD 49.46
29. Caterpillar CAT 46.24
30. Travelers TRV 33.18
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 8/4/15  for the prior 90 day period:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

American Express AXP:
7/29/15 10Q & 7/22/15 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/15
7/15/15 8K re: delinq & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 6/30/15
6/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write off stats. for 3 mos. ended 5/31/15
5/29/15 8K re: death of Pres. Edward P. Gilligan
5/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. thru 4/30/15
5/11/15 8K re: Voting results of annual mtg of shareholders

Apple AAPL:
8/3/15 Form 8-A re: Registration of Notes & 7/31/15 Issuance of the notes
7/27/15 & 7/24/15 Prospectus re: 3.05% Notes due '29 & 3.65 Notes due '42
7/22/15 10Q & 7/21 & 6/10 8Ks re: 3 Qtr. results ended 6/27/15
5/13/15 8K re: issuance of notes

Boeing BA:
7/22/15 10Q & 7/22/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/15
7/17/15 8K re: charge to earnings due to KC-46 Tanker program
6/23/15 8K re: replacement of CEO W. James McNerney, Jr. with Dennis A. Muilenberg eff. 7/1/15 & amendment to bylaws to increase directors from 10 to 11

Caterpillar CAT:
7/31/15 10Q & 7/23/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/15
7/222/15 8K re: OEM sales figures for June
6/18/15 re: OEM sales figures for May
6/12/15 8K re: voting results of annual stockholder meeting of 6/10.
6/10/15 8K re: quarterly cash div. of 77 cents per share payable 8/20 for record holders on 7/20
6/1/15; 5/28/15; & 5/22/15 Proxy material
5/20/15 8K re: April retail stats

Chevron CVX:
7/31/15 8K re: 2Q results
6/2/15 8K re: voting results of annual stockholder meeting on 5/27
5/11/15 & 4/9/15 Proxy material
5/7/15 10Q & 5/1/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15

Cisco CSCO:
7/29/15 8K/A election of Charles H. Robbins to replace John T. Chambers as CEO eff. 7/26/15
6/18/15 8K & 6/12/15 8K & 6/10/15 8K re: issuance and closing of notes offering
6/1/15 8K re: termination of execs Robert w. Lloyd, Pres. Dev. & sales & Gary B. Moore, Pres/COO
5/20/15 10Q & 5/13/15 8K re: 3Q results ended 4/25/15
5/4/15 8K re: election of Charles H. Robbins CEO eff 7/26/15

Coke KO:
7/29/15 10Q & 7/22/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 7/3/15

Disney DIS:
8/4/15 10Q & 8/4/15 8K re: 3Q results ended 6/27
6/26/15 8K/A resignation of CFO James A. Rasulo eff. 6/30
6/2/15 8K re: resignation of CFO James A. Rasulo
5/15/15 10Q & 5/5/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 3/28/15

DuPont DD:
7/28/15 10Q & 7/28/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/8/15 8K re: completion of spin off of Chemours
6/9/15 8K/A & 6/2/15 8K/A re: voting results of 5/13/15 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
6/1/15 8K re: change of reg. agent in Delaware
5/19/15 8K & 5/13/15 8K & 5/12/15 8K & 4/23/15 8K re: sale of notes by subsidiary, Chemours & spin-off of Chemours to shareholders.
April & March, 2015 numerous Proxy materials re: Trian's proposal to add Directors

ExxonMobil XOM:
7/31/15 8K re: 2Q results
6/1/15 8K re: results of voting of 5/27/15 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/14/15; 4/21/15; & 4/14/15 Proxy materials
5/6/15 10Q & 4/30/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15

GE:
7/30/15 10Q & 7/17/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/6/15 8K re: sale of assets of GECC over next 24 months to concentrate on industrial businesses
6/10/15 8K re: modified metrics for long term performance goals
5/28/15 8K & 5/27/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/15/15 10Q & 4/17/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15

Goldman Sachs GS:
8/3/15 10Q & 7/16/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
5/22/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/22/15 8K re: amendmt to stock incentive plan
5/12/15 re: issuance of notes
5/5/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15

Home Depot HD:
6/2/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/27/15 10Q & 5/19/15 8K re: 1Q ended 5/3/15
5/26/15 8K re: voting results from 5/21 Shareholders Mtg

Intel INTC:
7/29/15 8K re: issuance of notes
7/27/15 10Q & 7/15/15 8K re: 2Q ended 6/27
7/2/15 8K re: retirement of Renee J. James as Pres. effective 1/16
6/5/15 & 4/6/15 8Ks re: change of organizational structure & change of reporting fin'l info
6/1/15 8K re: purchase of Altera Corp
5/27/15 8K re: voting results of 5/21 Stockholder Mtg
5/14/15 8K re: FD disclosures re: Annual Mtg

IBM:
8/4/15 8K re: issuance of notes
7/28/15 10Q & 7/21 & 7/20 8Ks re: 2Q results ended 6/30
5/1/15 8K re: voting results of 4/28 Stockholder Mtg

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
8/3/15 10Q & 7/14/15 2 8Ks re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/29/15 8K re: issuance of pref stock
7/21/15 8K re: issuance of notes
6/16/15 8K re: redemption of notes
6/4/15 8K re: issuance of preferred stock
5/22/15 8K re: results of voting of 5/19 shareholder mtg
5/20/15 & 5/14/15 8Ks re: settlement with U.S. Dept of Justice  & Fed. Res. re: foreign exchange charges and guilty plea to violation of fed antitrust law & payment of $550 mil fine
5/6/15 & 4/3/15 8Ks re: redemption of Bear Stearns notes
5/5/15 10Q & 4/14/15 8Ks re: 1Q ended 3/31

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
7/31/15 10Q & 7/14/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/28
6/9/15 8K re: election of Dr. Mary Beckerle, CEO of Hunstsman Cancer Inst. to Board
5/21/15 8K re: retirement of Controller Stephen J. Cosgrove and replaced by Ronald a. Kapusta

McDonald's MCD:
7/23/15 8K re: 2Q & 6 month results ended 6/30
7/21/15 8K re: exec comp awards
7/17/15 8K re: cash dividend of 85 cents payable 9/16 to record holders on 9/1
6/8/15 8K re: May sales
5/27/15 8K re: voting results from 5/21/15 Shareholder meeting
5/26/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/11/15 8K re: April sales
5/11/15 Proxy
5/7/15 10Q & 4/22/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
5/4/15 8K re: restructuring and turn around plans

Merck MRK:
7/28/15 8K e: election to Board of Pamela J. Craig & Paul B. Rothman, MD
7/28/15 2Q results
7/24/15 8K re: retirement of General Counsel Bruce Kuhlik
5/28/15 & 5/26/15 8Ks re: voting results of 5/26/15 shareholder mtg
5/7/15 10Q & 4/28/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15

Microsoft MSFT:
7/31/15 10K for FY ended 6/30/15
7/21/15 8K re: 4Q results
7/8/15 8K re: restructuring of phone hardware business and termination of 7,80 employees

Nike NKE:
7/27/15 & 7/20/15 Prelim. Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 9/17/15 at 10 am at Tiger Woods Conf. center, Beaverton, Oregon
7/6/15 8K re: election of Chris Abston as Corp. controller
6/30/15 8K re: election of Travis A. Knight, son of Philip H. Knight, as Director
6/29/15 8K re: 4Q Conference Call
6/25/15 8K re: 4Q ended 5/31
6/18/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Douglas G. Houser & Orin C. Smith

Pfizer PFE:
7/28/15 8K 2Q results
6/25/15 8K re: election to Board of Joseph J. Echevarria
5/14/15 8K re: resignation of director Marc Tessier-Lavigne
5/7/15 10Q & 4/28/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/29

Procter & Gamble PG:
7/30/15 8K re: 4Q results
7/30/15 8K re: FY '15 results
7/29/15 8K re: replacement of CEO A.G. Lafley by David Taylor effective 11/1/15
7/14/15 8K re: quarterly div of .6629 cents payable 8/17 to record holders on 7/4
7/9/15 8K re: sale of 43 beauty brands to Coty
6/12/15 amendment to Code of Regulations
5/7/15 8K re: issuance of notes

3M MMM:
8/4/15 8K & 6/24/15 8K re: completion of acquisition of Capital Safety from KKR for $2.5 bil
7/30/15 10Q & 7/23/15 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30
5/18/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/13/15 8K re: results of voting from 5/12 stockholder meeting

Travelers TRV:
7/21/15 10Q & 7/21/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
5/22/15 8K re: voting results of 5/20/15 shareholders meeting

United Technologies UTX:
7/27/15 8K re: retirement of Geraud Damis as CEO of UTC Building & Industrial Services eff. 1/16
7/24/15 10Q & 7/21/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/20/15 8K & 6/15/15 8K re: sale of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to Lockheed Martin
5/22/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/4/15 8K re: remarketing of notes

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
7/31/15 8K re: presentation at InvestMNt Conf on 8/5
7/29/15 10Q & 7/16/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/23/15 8K re: purchase of Catamaran Corp.
7/23/15 8K re: issuance of notes
7/1/15 8K re: reincorporation from Minn. to Delaware
6/5/15 8K re: amendment to stock incentive plan
5/26/15 FD disclosure re: NYC 5/28 Bernstein's Conference
5/6/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
7/28/15 10Q & 7/21/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
6/8/15 8K re: amendment of bylaws re: annual mtg of stockholders
5/13/15 8K re: retirement of Randal s. Milch, VP
5/12/15 8K re: Verizon to buy AOL for $4.4 bil

Visa V:
7/23/15 10Q & 7/23/15 8K re: 3Q results ended 6/30
7/22/15 8K re: dividend of 12 cents payable 9/1 to record holders on 8/14
6/12/15 8K re: election to Board of Lloyd A. Carney
6/10/15 8K re: presentation at William Blair 35th Annual growth Stock Conference
4/30/15 10Q & 4/30/15 8K re: 2Q ended 3/31
4/23/15 8K re: 12 cents a share dividend payable 6/2 to record holders of 5/15
4/14/15 8K re: resignation of Antonio Lucio, EVP and Chief Brand Officer

WalMart WMT:
6/8/15 8K re: voting results of 6/5 shareholder meeting
6/5/15 10Q & 5/19 8K re: 1Q ended 4/30/15

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